2014 Cincinnati Bearcats Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/11/2014

Cincinnati has proven itself as one of the most consistent and versatile football programs in the nation despite seemingly constant turnover on the roster and the coaching staff. The Bearcats will again be relying on a newcomer at a critical position as they vie for the AAC’s top slot.

2014 Houston Cougars Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/11/2014

The Cougars were a bit of a surprise in 2013, winning seven of their first eight games and positioning themselves as a player in the AAC. But three tight losses, all by a touchdown or less to Central Florida, Louisville and Cincinnati, put a damper on an otherwise successful season.

2014 SMU Mustangs Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/11/2014

The Mustangs had a streak of four straight bowl games snapped last year as they slogged through a 5-7 rebuilding season. However, things don’t appear to be that rebuilt this season and I think it is going to be another nondescript season for June Jones’ bunch.

2014 South Florida Bulls Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/11/2014

To suggest that South Florida football has fallen on hard times is a massive understatement. This program won eight or more games every season from 2006 to 2010 and had a cup of coffee in the Top 10 in two of those seasons. But the Bulls are just 10-26 the past three years and don’t show many signs of improvement heading into Willie Taggart’s second season.

2014 Boston College Eagles Season Win Total NCAA Football Picks & Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/10/2014

The Eagles quietly had a strong 2013 campaign, turning things around after a precipitous drop in 2011 and 2012 that saw them go just 6-18. Boston College went 7-6 and worked its way back to a bowl game, setting some positive momentum in place under coach Steve Addazio.

2014 New York Giants Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/10/2014

This year could be somewhat of a last stand for Tom Coughlin. The 67-year-old coach has been running the Giants since 2004. He does have two Super Bowl rings to his name, but Coughlin’s Giants have missed the playoffs in four of the past five seasons and are just 16-16 over the past two campaigns.

2014 Philadelphia Eagles Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/10/2014

I will be the first to admit that Chip Kelly made me eat my words. I was one of the legion of people predicting that Kelly would fall flat on his face in his rookie NFL season. Instead, Kelly’s unique system was unstoppable at times and helped restore some pride to an Eagles organization that had been cast adrift by Andy Reid.

2014 San Francisco 49ers Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/10/2014

For the third straight season the 49ers have come tantalizingly close to the franchise’s sixth Super Bowl championship. San Francisco came fingertips away from both a title in 2012 and a return trip to The Big Game last year. They’ve had an eventful offseason, including some touchy issues surrounding Jim Harbaugh’s status with the organization, but enter the year as one of the NFC’s favorites.

2014 Seattle Seahawks Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/10/2014

Almost everything about being the champion is awesome. You’re the best. You are on top of the world. You have total bragging rights and are treated as a king at every turn. Winning a Super Bowl, as Seattle did last year, is the pinnacle of the profession and the ultimate high.

2014 St. Louis Rams Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/10/2014

The St. Louis Rams are on the verge of becoming the new Houston Texans: perpetually installed as Everybody’s Sleeper Team. It’s an ignominious title and one the Rams have to hope they don’t live down to. They have seemingly been touted as “a team to watch” for the past three years but have gone just 16-31 during that stretch. In fact, since Mike Martz squandered The Greatest Show On Turf teams in the early 2000’s the Rams have not had a season over .500.

2014 Washington Redskins Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/10/2014

Daniel Snyder’s three-ring racist circus that is the Washington Redskins continues in 2014 with a new head coach and a new promise of disappointment. Mike Shanahan’s bizarre four-year tenure came to an abrupt close after a 3-13 season and now the Skins are looking to first-time coach Jay Gruden to turn things around.

2014 Houston Texans Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

You don’t need me to tell you that Houston’s 2013 season was an epic disaster. Many analysts touted the Texans as a potential Super Bowl contender. Instead they lost 14 straight games and bottomed out with the worst record in the NFL. As a result the head coach and quarterback were shown the door and Houston is looking for a fresh start this fall.

2014 Kansas City Chiefs Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

Last year I was one of the only NFL analysts in the country that was bullish on the Chiefs. I loved the Andy Reid-Alex Smith pairing as a major upgraded for this franchise and they didn’t disappoint, spearheading a nine-win turnaround for Kansas City. The 11-5 record was particularly sweet for me since my second-largest futures wager, a 6-Unit Play, cashed easily on the Chiefs playing ‘over’ their season win total.

2014 Miami Dolphins Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

The most tangible result from last year’s “bullying scandal” is that Miami’s offensive line has gone from a strength to a weakness. That further exposes Ryan Tannehill, who has yet to prove that he can A) stay healthy and B) be a productive, consistent quarterback at the NFL level. Miami doesn’t have much of a running game to support Tannehill. So how the passing game comes together will be the critical factor for this Fins club.

2014 New England Patriots Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

Are the Patriots still in the AFC East, surrounded by bumbling idiots? Yes. Do the Patriots still have Bill Belichick and Tom Brady leading the way? Yes. Then you can bank on the Patriots to win their division and beat their season win total for the fifth straight season.

2014 New York Jets Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

The 2013 Jets fluked their way to a .500 mark and bought boisterous coach Rex Ryan another year at the helm. They were active in free agency and are attempting to save Ryan’s hide once again with a return to the playoffs for the first time since 2010.

2014 Oakland Raiders Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

The Raiders were once again one of the worst teams in football, bumbling their way to just four wins and being outscored by more than eight points per game. They enter the 2014 with uncertainty coursing through the front office and coaching staff and the belief is that this is a make-or-break season for the current regime.

2014 Pittsburgh Steelers Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

This is a dangerous time for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Last season marked their second straight 8-8 campaign and one of the league’s flagship franchises is in danger of sliding into mediocrity, a realm the Steelers haven’t occupied in nearly 30 years. They haven’t made the playoffs since 2011 and haven’t won a playoff games since the Super Bowl run of 2010.

2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

I’m not sure what it is about football in Florida but it is just not working out for the Sunshine State. Take Tampa Bay, for instance, as the Buccaneers won just four games for the second time in three years and failed to reach .500 for the fourth time in the past five campaigns.

2014 Minnesota Vikings Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/9/2014

The shaky four-year tenure of Leslie Frazier has come to a close and the Minnesota Vikings are going back to the drawing board. New head coach Mike Zimmer was poached from Cincinnati and Zimmer will be tasked with rebuilding this franchise back to the one that dominated its division for most of the 1990’s.